Upcoming Courses, and Ongoing Groups and Services
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Please note: Listings on this page are either events organized by The International Focusing Institute (TIFI), or are offered independently by Certified Focusing Professionals. Those organized by TIFI will have one of TIFI’s logos.
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New York time
Jeffrey will share his thoughts while inviting participants to sense into what comes for them as the presentation unfolds. Using Gendlin quotes and years of practicing both, he will offer an engaging exploration of the complexity of the question itself.
This presentation is open to anyone interested in learning more about Focusing and Focusing-Oriented Therapy.
This presentation is open to anyone interested in learning more about Focusing and Focusing-Oriented Therapy.
Online (Class will also be recorded)
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, FOT, Other, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
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Eastern Time, New York, USA
Smartview Conversations is a monthly online gathering to explore the application of our Focusing skills to daily life and interactions. Utilizing exercises from the Facilitator Guide for Smartview Stories, we will explore and build the resourcing qualities life is asking of us now.
We will model how to create a safe, playful environment that facilitates neural plasticity. These webinars are FREE to attend. Both experienced Focusers and people new to Focusing are welcome. These webinars emphasize Gendlin's action step; how is it we bring Focusing concepts into our daily living.
We meet on the 4th Tuesday, twice in the same day for different time zones. The times are 11:30am - 12:30pm ET New York time and 7:30 - 8:30pm ET New York time.
We will model how to create a safe, playful environment that facilitates neural plasticity. These webinars are FREE to attend. Both experienced Focusers and people new to Focusing are welcome. These webinars emphasize Gendlin's action step; how is it we bring Focusing concepts into our daily living.
We meet on the 4th Tuesday, twice in the same day for different time zones. The times are 11:30am - 12:30pm ET New York time and 7:30 - 8:30pm ET New York time.
Online via Zoom
Topic: Introductory, Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, Free, Ongoing
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Eastern
This Focusing group is an opportunity to meet for six weeks to be with the various crises of the world. These might be of the realm of the polycrisis (ecological, political, technological) or the underlying metacrisis (foundational conditions). One of the causes of these crises is the view that humans are separate to nature, that “it” is simply an external resource, rather than that we all belong to the web of life, that includes humans, and that this web is interconnected. We will use Focusing to be with all of that.
Zoom
Topic: Spirituality
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This eight-week course creates a container to unpack a big issue in your life. Using Focusing, you’ll shift a bad habit or addiction that keeps you away from something you long to be or do. And in so doing, tell your untold story.
Process skipping is doing something to keep us from feeling something. The term process skipping has been taken up by the Focusing community to label what we do when we don’t welcome something with Focusing. For example, the BioSpiritual Focusing teachings of Fathers Peter Campbell and Ed McMahon.
Next Groups:
-Tuesdays, July 28-September 29, 2026, 7-9 pm Eastern // Wednesdays, July 29-September 30, 9-11 am AEST. This group will be led by Coordinator Annette Dubreuil and PUPA Trainer Marg Peck
-Tuesdays, January 19-
Process skipping is doing something to keep us from feeling something. The term process skipping has been taken up by the Focusing community to label what we do when we don’t welcome something with Focusing. For example, the BioSpiritual Focusing teachings of Fathers Peter Campbell and Ed McMahon.
Next Groups:
-Tuesdays, July 28-September 29, 2026, 7-9 pm Eastern // Wednesdays, July 29-September 30, 9-11 am AEST. This group will be led by Coordinator Annette Dubreuil and PUPA Trainer Marg Peck
-Tuesdays, January 19-
Zoom
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced
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Pacific Time
Do you want to find a way to accept your whole being
What about growing more genuine relationships in your life?
Maybe you would enjoy including your body as well as your emotions and thought processes in your decision making.
Are you looking for a way to deal with stress or inner conflicts?
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Pacific Time
Art Club is a space where we go inward to express outward – through drawing, movement, writing, painting, or whatever feels right for you in the moment. Each session involves slowing down and noticing what you have inside that’s worth exploring. It’s a time dedicated for self reflection and self care. Come prepared to pause, listen, and allow your inner wisdom to unfold.
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Suitable for American & European Time Zones
This is a 1.5-hour introduction to my 2 to 6-month Level 1-5 Focusing Skills Online Course, in which you will learn the fundamentals for having Focusing Partnerships, and for Focusing alone or in a group.
Join a 1.5-hour Taster (Informal Meeting)
Monday, Aug 3, or Sept 7, 2026
Focusing Basics, Levels 1 and 2:
Mon Oct 5, 2026 – Nov 30 2026
The full 6-month Level 1-5 course for beginners:
Mon Oct 5, 2026 – Mon April 5, 2027
Join a 1.5-hour Taster (Informal Meeting)
Monday, Aug 3, or Sept 7, 2026
Focusing Basics, Levels 1 and 2:
Mon Oct 5, 2026 – Nov 30 2026
The full 6-month Level 1-5 course for beginners:
Mon Oct 5, 2026 – Mon April 5, 2027
Topic: Introductory
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Suitable for American & European Time Zones
1.5-hour informal meeting to introduce my 20-week Nervous System Reset Online Course
After accidents, certain neurological illnesses, or emotionally challenging incidences, the autonomic nervous system can get stuck in repetitive patterns, overreacting to specific cues. This challenges our health, well-being, sense of safety and connection, and our creative potential. We can gradually...
Join a 1.5-hour Taster
After accidents, certain neurological illnesses, or emotionally challenging incidences, the autonomic nervous system can get stuck in repetitive patterns, overreacting to specific cues. This challenges our health, well-being, sense of safety and connection, and our creative potential. We can gradually...
Join a 1.5-hour Taster
Topic: Other
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Eastern
Join us this August for a discussion group to support you in reading A Process Model (APM), Eugene T. Gendlin’s major work about his Philosophy of the Implicit. This discussion group is organized to cover key concepts from the book in an embodied way, over the course of four weeks.
Zoom
Topic: Introductory, Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, TAE/Philosophy
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Eastern Time
In this four part beginner Focusing course for advanced listeners (people with previous experience listening to themselves or others), we delve into each of the 6 steps, with each class including a teaching of one or two steps. Each class also includes listening skills, a small experiential exercise, a demonstration and then small group practice (typically in twos or threes).
Dates for the next groups:
-Fridays, May 8-29, 2026, 2:30-4:30 pm Eastern
--Registration deadline April 28th
Dates for the next groups:
-Fridays, May 8-29, 2026, 2:30-4:30 pm Eastern
--Registration deadline April 28th
Zoom
Topic: Introductory, Beginners-Intermediate
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HKT
40 hours of teaching & practice
Hong Kong
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Eastern (New York) Time
Join Akira for this exciting series. Gendlin's article "A Theory of Personality Change” contains the original observation and definition of Focusing, which is quite different from how many people think Focusing is. The sessions will be interactive, with ample time for discussion during each class.
Online (Class will also be recorded)
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
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France
Un stage tout public de 4 jours pour revenir à la Joie d’être soi, à la Paix en soi, à l’Amour de soi, un retour à la Vie. Le vivre et le partager ensemble !
Des ateliers Focusing créatifs et un accompagnement à s’ouvrir en conscience à votre Présence.
Des ateliers Focusing créatifs et un accompagnement à s’ouvrir en conscience à votre Présence.
Dordogne France
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced
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Eastern Time, New York, USA
Smartview Conversations is a monthly online gathering to explore the application of our Focusing skills to daily life and interactions. Utilizing exercises from the Facilitator Guide for Smartview Stories, we will explore and build the resourcing qualities life is asking of us now.
We will model how to create a safe, playful environment that facilitates neural plasticity. These webinars are FREE to attend. Both experienced Focusers and people new to Focusing are welcome. These webinars emphasize Gendlin's action step; how is it we bring Focusing concepts into our daily living.
We meet on the 4th Tuesday, twice in the same day for different time zones. The times are 11:30am - 12:30pm ET New York time and 7:30 - 8:30pm ET New York time.
We will model how to create a safe, playful environment that facilitates neural plasticity. These webinars are FREE to attend. Both experienced Focusers and people new to Focusing are welcome. These webinars emphasize Gendlin's action step; how is it we bring Focusing concepts into our daily living.
We meet on the 4th Tuesday, twice in the same day for different time zones. The times are 11:30am - 12:30pm ET New York time and 7:30 - 8:30pm ET New York time.
Online via Zoom
Topic: Introductory, Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, Free, Ongoing
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Suitable for American & European Time Zones
This training is open to anyone who wants to deepen and refine their Focusing skills beyond the basic Levels 1–5. The intention to work professionally with Focusing is not a requirement, though the training supports those who wish to share Focusing professionally with individuals and groups.
You are equally welcome if your interest is simply to enrich your Focusing Partnerships and bring more depth and clarity into your daily life.
Certify as a Focusing Facilitator & Focusing Trainer
The start date is not yet finalized.
You are equally welcome if your interest is simply to enrich your Focusing Partnerships and bring more depth and clarity into your daily life.
Certify as a Focusing Facilitator & Focusing Trainer
The start date is not yet finalized.
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Suitable for American & European Time Zones
1.5-hour informal meeting to introduce my 20-week Nervous System Reset Online Course
After accidents, certain neurological illnesses, or emotionally challenging incidences, the autonomic nervous system can get stuck in repetitive patterns, overreacting to specific cues. This challenges our health, well-being, sense of safety and connection, and our creative potential. We can gradually...
Join a 1.5-hour Taster
After accidents, certain neurological illnesses, or emotionally challenging incidences, the autonomic nervous system can get stuck in repetitive patterns, overreacting to specific cues. This challenges our health, well-being, sense of safety and connection, and our creative potential. We can gradually...
Join a 1.5-hour Taster
Topic: Other
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Suitable for American & European Time Zones
This is a 1.5-hour introduction to my 2 to 6-month Level 1-5 Focusing Skills Online Course, in which you will learn the fundamentals for having Focusing Partnerships, and for Focusing alone or in a group.
Join a 1.5-hour Taster (Informal Meeting)
Monday, Sept 7, 2026
Focusing Basics, Levels 1 and 2:
Mon Oct 5, 2026 – Nov 30 2026
The full 6-month Level 1-5 course for beginners:
Mon Oct 5, 2026 – Mon April 5, 2027
Join a 1.5-hour Taster (Informal Meeting)
Monday, Sept 7, 2026
Focusing Basics, Levels 1 and 2:
Mon Oct 5, 2026 – Nov 30 2026
The full 6-month Level 1-5 course for beginners:
Mon Oct 5, 2026 – Mon April 5, 2027
Topic: Introductory
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Eastern Time, New York, USA
Join us for an online intermediate Focusing class that helps you understand where you are within a process and then, to sense what is needed from you for this situation now. Utilizing Inner Relationship Focusing, Spatial Awareness and Neuroscience concepts, we learn to guide ourselves and others in ways that invite relational trust, lasting change and life forward flow. There is a lot of valuable relational practices here for coaches, bodyworkers, therapists, teachers and anyone interested in diving deeper with living life as process.
Online via Zoom
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate
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Eastern Time
In treating trauma and addiction, specialists are realizing the importance of helping their clients connect with embodied wisdom. Many trainings emphasize the importance of this connection, but they don’t provide specifics on instructing clients to lean into their bodies. This is the most in-depth education of FSPM. Each student is matched with a Focusing partner to embark on their somatic journey and receives unique access to Jan through personalized feedback.
Through this course, students will engage in their own felt sense experiencing, and learn how to share that experience and process with their clients. This training can be taken as a standalone or as the first of 3 steps needed to become a Certified FSPM Facilitator through the International Focusing Institute and
Through this course, students will engage in their own felt sense experiencing, and learn how to share that experience and process with their clients. This training can be taken as a standalone or as the first of 3 steps needed to become a Certified FSPM Facilitator through the International Focusing Institute and
Online
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Certification, Interactive Focusing, Other
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Eastern Time, New York, USA
This series encourages us to live Gendlin's concept of "crossing" in a supportive community setting. This community is for those who often find themselves in situations of facilitating change for others, individuals and groups. It’s a great option for those who are looking for a community-based path toward certification, for those who do not need certification, and for those already certified.
This Learning Community is a 10-month program, meeting twenty times every other week for 1.5 hours. This course/community is a lovely, supportive space to continue learning with other advanced Focusers or to pursue certification at your own pace as a Focusing Facilitator or Trainer with TIFI.
Meets every other Thursday, 7:00 - 8:30 pm ET, New York time
This Learning Community is a 10-month program, meeting twenty times every other week for 1.5 hours. This course/community is a lovely, supportive space to continue learning with other advanced Focusers or to pursue certification at your own pace as a Focusing Facilitator or Trainer with TIFI.
Meets every other Thursday, 7:00 - 8:30 pm ET, New York time
Topic: Intermediate/Advanced, Certification